85-056 ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 29-71 OF SAID CODE
ORDINANCE N0. $5-056
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS,
PROVIDING THAT THE CODE GF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, BE
AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 29-71 OF SAID CODE; PROVIDING
THAT THE BURDEN OF PROOF ON THE DEFENDANT TO PROVE THAT AN
EXISTING TRAFFIC CONTROL DFVICE OR SIGNAL WAS NOT INSTALLED
AND AUTHORIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW AND CITY OF
PA12IS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING F'OR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED
$200.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF
OCTOBER l, 1985.
BE IT ORDAINFB BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARIS:
Section l. That Section 29-71 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended so
that such sYiall read as follows:
"Sec. 29-71. Conformity with manual and speci-
fications o-IL' state highway department; uniformity.
(a) Establishuient of burden of proof with
regard to traffic control devices and signals.
(b) Nat Required with Prosecution. In any
prosecution for any violation of this Chapter, it
shall not be necessary for the state to prove the
installation or authority thereof, of any traffic
control device or signal.
(c) Defenses Right of Rebuttal. Any person
charged with a violation of this Chapter shall
have the right to prove the sign, signal or device
was nat so installed or authorized as a defense."
Section 2. Any person violating any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a Class "C"
Misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum
not to exceed $200.00, and each and every day's continuance
of any violation of the above enumerated section shall
constitute and be deemed a separate offense.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby expressly repealed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall become effective on
October l, 1985.
Passed and adopted this 9th day of September, 1985.
e rge is er, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunningham, Cit Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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T. K. Haynes, City Attorney